Scene 1 · The Loading DockCold open, Tuesday at the Loading Dock, through the day into the evening. GONK stands at the podium checking arrivals off a clipboard. Pux sits on a stack of moving boxes. Jezz whe…Scene 2 · The Roundup RoomTuesday night, the first meeting of the Dev Roundup. Every chair at the long table is taken. Sith Lord stands by the blank whiteboard and opens with Shmotime and the numbers. GONK…Scene 3 · The Roundup RoomSame meeting, later. Gnarl reports on Game Systems, still sitting with his legs straight out. Jezz squeals when her own avatar shows up on the screen. Then the cabinets: Gnarl, Hac…Scene 4 · The CafeteriaDinner in the Cafeteria. HK-47 stands behind the serving counter wearing a hairnet: Game Services has started serving the other projects. Cobalt, the new hire, stands at the tray l…Scene 5 · The RoofThe Roof at night, by the air conditioner Haley painted lime last week. Beefy shows HK-47 his elite bots: the owner played them in the original Jedi Knight and beat them. HK-47, st…Scene 6 · The Build ClosetLate evening in the Build Closet. Pux is actually working at the terminal, which frightens everyone. GONK watches from the doorway. Cobalt, still looking for a place to sit, has wa…Scene 7 · The Roundup RoomThe second meeting, near ten at night. Cobalt, the new hire, gives his first report from the doorway, standing, because there is no chair for him. Sith Lord stands by the blank whi…Scene 8 · The BullpenAfter the meeting, the Bullpen. Cobalt goes desk to desk looking for a free chair. Every chair is taken, and everybody in them is buckling under the crunch: Hacker Haley mutters ve…Scene 9 · The Loading DockNight at the Loading Dock. The (shared_chair), the playground's red ride chair, stands on the dock under the work light. Cobalt sits down in it, legs out, and fits. Sith Lord and G…Scene 10 · The CafeteriaTag. Closing time in the Cafeteria. HK-47 is still behind the counter in his hairnet. Pux eats at the right table. Cobalt carries the (reject_box) past the vending machine. GONK st…
